Glorious Food!

[Jessica _ Stephens 12]

Hello Everyone,

I was just wondering if you had a favorite food or a food you could eat before the surgery but can't eat now? I know we're all different, but I just wanted to see if there were things you really couldn't eat after surgery.

Thanks,

Jessica!

[loriemoms 101]

I cant eat strawberries and kiwi my favorite fruits. The acid just upsets my stomach so much! Same thing with oranges, but I wasn't a huge orange eater before. I even tried strawberries in shakes and they still hurt. I also miss tomatoes. I cant eat those either. But I can eat everything else...including oysters which I LOVE!

[BLERDgirl 6,417]

nothing. tummy made of steel.

[AnA92212 577]

I am 7 months out and can pretty much eat anything without being hurt. I choose not to eat Pasta or bread. If I order a sandwich, I remove the bread. I can still eat so little and the bread has no nutrition. I do eat carbs. I have oatmeal for Breakfast and Greek yogurt for Snacks. I eat cheese and I even had dressing on Thanksgiving. The only thing I really "miss" is soda. The desire for them is getting better but a part of me misses them. It's not so much that I can't have something, it is that I am choosing something better for me instead.

[loriemoms 101]

the only time I miss soda is when I am sick. Pepsi was my comfort food. I just like the fizz in my mouth! haha!

[Babbs 14,681]

Like @@BLERDgirl, I have a tummy of steel. I can eat anything.

Now drink? No beer for me It makes me feel like Violet Beauregard in Willy Wonka. It makes my stomach feel so full and bloated!

[Jessica _ Stephens 12]

I love chips and salsa... not good for you at all. Ugh lol

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I can't eat ice cream. More than 3-4 bites and I hurl -- from both ends.

I also can't eat rice or Pasta. More than 3-4 bites and I hurl -- from the face only.

I used to love all three of these foods and I never imagined giving them up. I had the sleeve because I understood that one could usually eat anything post op. I wanted to live as normally as possible.

Now I don't even want any of these foods. As delicious as I remember them, they all make me feel so bad, I no longer crave them at all.

[jess9395 5,449]

Carbonated beverages--ouch

Rice

Heavy bread like croissants and Bagels and rolls and thick pizza crust

The rest I can eat when I choose to!

[omerbasa2807 12]

I'm just 6 weeks post-op, but things that are too sweet I cannot tolerate.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

I'm nearly 16 months post-op. I can eat pretty much everything.